Device for applying rubber tires to vehicle-wheels.



No. 658,713. Patented Sept. 25, I900;

, A. w. GRANT.

(Applicaticn filed Feb. 7, 1898.)

DEVICE FOR APPLYING (No Model.)

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR W. GRANT, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS,TO THE CONSOLIDATED RUBBER TIRE COMPANY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

DEVICE FOR APPLYING RUBBER TIRES TO VEHICLE-WHEELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,713, datedSeptember 25, 1900.

Application filed February 7, 1898- Serial No. 669,336. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- a similar tongue d lying adjacent and par-Be it known that I, ARTHUR W. GRANT, a allel thereto, and to this tongue01 there are citizen of the United States,residing at Springconnectedjaws e and e of an auxiliary clampfield, in thecountyot Clark and Stateof Ohio, ing device, which may be made in the form 5 have inventedcertain new and useful Imof tongs with backwardly-extending handlesprovements in Devices for Applying Rubber (2 the jaws e and 6 beingadapted to engage 'lires to Vehicle -Wheels, of which the followonopposite sides of the tongue or projection ing is a specification. d toclamp the retaining bands or wires there- My invention relates toimprovements in in' The clamping device 01 is preferably IO devices forapplying rubber'tires to vehicleformed with openings (1 on each side ofthe wheels; and it especially relates to that class tongue (1 and in therear of the jaws d and of rubber tires in which the rubberis secured onthe opposite side of said clamp d from the to the wheel-rim in a grooveor channel by auxiliary clamp there is a holding device'f, means of ametallic band or bands which are which may be made very similar to theauxil- 15 united together to form a continuous retainiary clamp e-t-hatis, in the nature ofa pairof ing hand or bands, reference being bad tomy tongs having the jaws to clamp the retaining pending application,Serial No. 648,333. wires. Thisholdingdevice maybe connected The objectof my invention is to provide a to the clamp 61, or it may be entirelyindesimple device by means of which the tires may pendent of and adaptedto simply rest against 20 be properly tightened in the channel and thethe side of the same. 7o

ends of the retaining-bands held while they The operation of the deviceas thus deare being united withinthechannelorgroove. scribed and themanner of securing a tire I accomplish this by the devices shown in thethereby are as follows: One end of the retainaccompanying drawings, inwhich ing band or bands I) will be clamped by the 2 Figure 1 is a planview of a device embodyjaws d on the clampingdevice d. The other a ingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, ends will be passed throughthe openings d", and Fig. 3 is an end elevation, of a portion so thatthey maybe engaged by the holding of the same. Figs. 4 and 5 are detailviews device f. The auxiliary clamp e, being pivof some of the parts.oted, may be caused to engage the band or 0 Like parts are representedby similarletters bands I) and then by moving the same laterof referencein the several views. ally forcibly draw the band or bands through Inthe said drawings, a represents any suitthe rubber and press themthrough the openable plate or table to support the wheel. ings d in theclamping device d, the slack ct is the wheel-rim. being taken up andheld by the holding de- 35 a is the metallic channel, and a is therubvice f. This is repeated by successive operaher in the channel.tionsthat is to say, by successively clamp- 19 and I) represent therespective ends of ing the band I) by the auxiliary device e and theretaining band or hands. moving the same laterally until the rubber-isSupported adjacent to the table a is a bedsufliciently tight in thechannel, after which 40 plate 0, on which is mounted a stationary jawthe auxiliary device may be tightly clamped go or clamp d. This jaw orclamp is made of onto the end of the retaining-band by plactwo parts d(P, one of which is pivoted at (1 ing a holding-ring e on the handlesthereof and a clamping-screw d is adapted to cause or in any othermanner, the surplus of the the ends of the jaws to engage at (l therewire cut, and the ends united" between the 45 taining band orbands. Inthis case two such main clamping device (1 and the auxiliary jaws areshown adapted to engage on oppoclamping device e by the welding processor site sides of a tongue d placed between the in any other suitable andwell-known manjaws, so that two retaining-bands may be held ner. Whilethis is being done, it may be dethereby. This tongueol is provided witha sirable to hold the auxiliary clamp e against 50 bifurcated extension(1 to which is pivoted movement and against the strain of the re- :00

' taining-bands.

For this 'purpose a hinged latch 1 may be employed on the main clampingdevice (1 and adapted when lowered to contact with the side of theauxiliary clamping device and hold the same against lateral movement.

It should be noted that the jaws of the stationary clamping device, aswell as those of the auxiliary tightening device, are reduced at theirclamping ends, so as to enter the channel in which the tire is seated.This is essential in order to get the bands unit-ed together at theproper tension and at the proper location within the channel.

A device of this kind, it will be seen, is extremely simple and may bemade quite effective in operation.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a rubber-tire machinethe combination with the stationary jaws having the intermediate tongue,the auxiliary clam ping device also having an auxiliary tongue, saidauxiliary clamping device being pivoted to permit a reciprocatingmovement to and from said stationary jaws as described, andclamping-faces on each side of each of said tongues, substantially-asspecified.

2. The combination with the stationary clamping device having the upperand lower jaws with the intermediate tongue, a projection on saidtongue, an auxiliary clamping device having upperand lower jaws and anintermediate tongue, the intermediate tongues of each of said devicesbeing pivoted together, substantially as specified.

3. In a rubber-tire machine the combination wit-h the stationaryclamping device consisting of the jaws having reduced ends andband-holding faces, an anxiliary clam ping device also having reducedends and band-holding faces, said auxiliary clamping device beingpivoted to permit a reciprocating movement to and from said stationaryclamping device and means for holding said auxiliary clamping devicewith its band-holding faces in substantial alinement with theband-holding faces of the stationary clamp, substantially as specified.

4. The combination with the stationary jaws having the means forclamping and unclamping said jaws, an auxiliary clamping, device pivotedadjacent to said stationary jaws, said pivoted clamping device being inthe nature of tongs with an extended handle to use as a lever to operatesaid pivoted clamping device to vary the distance between said clampingdevices, means for holding said pivoted clamping device in a clampingposition, and a movable stop on said stationary jaws to engage saidauxiliary pivoted jaws and hold them against movement, substantially asspecified.

5. The combination with the stationary jaws with means for clamping andunclamping the same, the auxiliary clamp in the nature of tongs havingextended handles pivoted in proximity to said stationary jaws, saidhandles being used as a lever to vary the distance between saidstationary and auxiliary clamps and a movable holding-clamp also havingclamping-jaws adjacent to said stationary jaws, substantially asspecified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day ofJanuary, A. D. 1898.

ARTHUR WV. GRANT.

Witnesses:

CHAS. I. WELOH, EARL G. WELOH.

